Q&A: the EADS/BAE merger

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EADS merging with BAE? So who are these companies who deal only in random
capital letters? BAE Systems is the company that used to be known as
British Aerospace. It changed its name before the turn of the millennium
when British Aerospace, famed for its military hardware, merged with the
Marconi defence electronics division of the old GEC. EADS stands for the
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company. It was formed from DASA (the
German company Daimler Aerospace), Aerospatiale- Matra of France, and CASA,
the Spanish aerospace champion.